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ALODIA f History Possibly from a Visigothic name derived from the Germanic elements ala "other, foreign" and od "riches, wealth"... [more] ARTAXERXES m Ancient Persian (Hellenized), History, Biblical Greek form of the Persian name Artakhshathra meaning "righteous ruler"... [more] ATTILA m History, Hungarian, Turkish Means "little father" from Gothic atta "father" combined with a diminutive suffix... [more] BEDE m History Modern form of the Old English name Baeda, possibly related to Old English bed "prayer"... [more] BORIS m Bulgarian, Russian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian, German, History From the Turkic name Bogoris, perhaps meaning "short" or "wolf"... [more] CAEDMON m History Meaning unknown, though the first element is likely connected to Brythonic caed meaning "battle"... [more] CAMBYSES m History From Καμβυσης (Kambyses), the Greek form of the Old Persian name Kambujiya, which is of unknown meaning... [more] CARLOMAN m History, Ancient Germanic From a Germanic name derived from karl (see CHARLES) and man "man"... [more] DOMITIAN m History From the Roman cognomen Domitianus, itself derived from the family name DOMITIUS... [more] FABIAN m German, Dutch, Polish, History From the Roman cognomen Fabianus, which was derived from FABIUS... [more] FRIDESWIDE f History Modern form of the Old English name Friðuswiþ, formed of the elements frið "peace" and swiþ "strong"... [more] GENGHIS m History From the title Genghis (or Chinggis) Khan, meaning "universal lord", which was adopted by the Mongolian leader Temujin in the late 12th century... [more] GORDIAN m History From the Roman cognomen Gordianus which meant "from Gordium", Gordium being the capital of Phrygia in Asia Minor... [more] HAMILCAR m Ancient Near Eastern (Latinized), History Means "brother of Melqart" from Phoenician ha "brother" combined with the name of the god MELQART... [more] HAMMURABI m Ancient Near Eastern, History From the Akkadian name Hammu-rapi, possibly derived from Amorite meaning "uncle is a healer"... [more] HANNIBAL m Ancient Near Eastern (Latinized), History Means "grace of Ba'al" from Phoenician hann "grace" combined with the name of the god BA'AL... [more] HASDRUBAL m Ancient Near Eastern (Latinized), History Means "Ba'al helps" from Phoenician azru "help" combined with the name of the god BA'AL... [more] HIAWATHA m History, Native American, Iroquois From the Iroquoian name Haio-went-ha meaning "he who combs"... [more] HYACINTHA f History Latinate feminine form of HYACINTHUS, used to refer to the 17th-century Italian saint Hyacintha Mariscotti (real name Giacinta). INNOCENT m History From the Late Latin name Innocentius which was derived from innocens "innocent"... [more] IVES m History English form of YVES, used to refer to Saint Ives (also called Ivo) of Huntingdonshire, a semi-legendary English bishop. JOSEPHUS m History Latin form of JOSEPH, used primarily to refer to the 1st-century Jewish historian Titus Flavius Josephus. JUSTINIAN m History From the Latin name Iustinianus, which was derived from Iustinus (see JUSTIN)... [more] LEONARDO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, History Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of LEONARD... [more] MAHATMA m History From the Indian title महात्मा (Mahatma) meaning "great soul", derived from Sanskrit महा (maha) "great" and आतमन (atman) "soul, spirit, life"... [more] MARIAMNE f History From Μαριαμη (Mariame), the form of MARIA used by the historian Josephus when referring to the wife of King Herod. MARTIAL m History From the Roman cognomen Martialis, which was derived from the name of the Roman god MARS... [more] MILBURGA f History Derived from the Old English elements milde "gentle" and burg "fortress"... [more] NAPOLEON m History This was an old Italian name, used most notably by the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), who was born on Corsica... [more] OCTAVIAN m History, Romanian From the Roman name Octavianus, which was derived from the name OCTAVIUS... [more] ORIGEN m History From the Greek name Ωριγενης (Origenes), which was derived from an unknown Greek element combined with the element γενης (genes) "born"... [more] OVID m History From the Roman family name Ovidius, which was possibly derived from Latin ovis "a sheep"... [more] PLUTARCH m History From the Greek name Πλουταρχος (Ploutarchos), which was derived from πλουτος (ploutos) "riches, wealth" and αρχη (arche) "origin, source"... [more] POMPEY m History Modern form of the Roman family name Pompeius, which was probably derived from a Sabellic word meaning "five"... [more] PTOLEMY m History From the Greek name Πτολεμαιος (Ptolemaios), derived from Greek πολεμηιος (polemeios) meaning "aggressive" or "warlike"... [more] QUINTILIAN m History From the Roman cognomen Quintilianus, which was itself derived from the Roman name QUINTILLUS... [more] SWITHIN m History From the Old English name Swiðhun or Swiþhun, derived from swiþ meaning "strong"... [more] TARQUIN m History From the Roman name Tarquinius which is of unknown meaning, possibly Etruscan in origin... [more] TEMUJIN m History Means "of iron" in Mongolian, derived ultimately from the Turkic word temür "iron"... [more] THEODORIC m History From a Germanic name meaning "ruler of the people", derived from the elements þeud "people" and ric "power, ruler"... [more] TULLY m History Form of Tullius (see TULLIO) used to refer to the Roman orator Marcus Tullius Cicero. URBAN m Danish, Swedish, Polish, Slovene, Biblical, History From the Latin name Urbanus which meant "city dweller"... [more] VALERIAN m History From the Roman cognomen Valerianus, which was itself derived from the Roman name VALERIUS... [more] VESPASIAN m History From the Roman cognomen Vespasianus, derived either from Latin vesper meaning "west" or "evening" or vespa meaning "wasp"... [more] WOLFGANG m German, Ancient Germanic, History Derived from the Germanic elements wulf meaning "wolf" and gang "path"... [more] XERXES m History Greek form of the Persian name Khshayarsha which meant "ruler over heroes"... [more] ZARATHUSTRA m History Possibly means "golden camel" in Old Iranian, derived from zarat meaning "golden" combined with ushtra meaning "camel"... [more] |
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